blob

[blob]

noun

1. a globule of liquid; bubble.

2. a small lump, drop, splotch, or daub.

   A blob of paint marred the surface.

3. an object, especially a large one, having no distinct shape or definition.

   a blob on the horizon.

4. a dull, slow-witted, and uninteresting person.

verb (used with object)

blobbed, blobbing 

1. to mark or splotch with blobs.

blob

/ blɒb /

noun

1. a soft mass or drop, as of some viscous liquid

2. a spot, dab, or blotch of colour, ink, etc

3. a indistinct or shapeless form or object

4. a slang word for condom

verb

1. (tr) to put blobs, as of ink or paint, on

Other Word Forms

• blobby adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of blob¹

1400–50; late Middle English; apparently expressive formation

Word History and Origins

Origin of blob¹

C15: perhaps of imitative origin; compare _bubble

Example Sentences

The folders included many a random blob and splodge, alongside happy snaps of the would-be Picassos making creations only a parent could love.

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"People have been so busy relating to how I look, it's a miracle I didn't become a self-conscious blob of protoplasm. It's not easy being Robert Redford," he once told New York magazine.

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From late 2012 until 2017, there was a “warm weather blob” that extended from the waters off the west coast of Mexico all the way to the Gulf of Alaska.

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The next day, he texted me a time and date with a drawing of what looked like giant floating lava-lamp blobs with two pairs of little feet sticking out from underneath.

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He also claimed Reform UK needed to "change things" and are "the last line of defence against the blob, the cover-ups of the councils".

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Related Words

• bead 
• blotch 
• droplet 
• glob 
• splotch